Wartook is a small settlement in the Grampians National Park, north of Halls Gap. A reservoir was built in 1887 to provide water to the Wimmera/Mallee and at one time there was a post office and school. Interestingly, further research at the Seismicity of Western Australia website found that an earthquake was felt in Robe, South Australia on May 2, 1899 which was a magnitude 5.3 quake. Robe is about 300kms south-west of Wartook. An article from the South Australian Register can be seen at the following link Robe Earthquake

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I just found your blog from geneabloggers and I’ll be following it. My father’s family started on the goldfields when Gt Grand-dad Henry Tissett finally managed to leave VDL and married in Portland in 1853.

I have found a Henry Tissott who was born around 1833 and died in 1900 at Timor, Victoria, Australia. He married Emma Sutherland in 1853 and they had around nine children. Henry was found drowned in a dam. This is a link to the article http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28676565 .
Does this sound like your Henry?